Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-05

q. Then the balance of the precinct
in the county, the main lists and I'll 4
supplemental, were all sent together
along with the poll lists
a. l don't say that they were.
v. Well, can you tell us in which
ones they were not?
A. No, | cannot. I simply hold
Wells-Fargo's receipts at different days.
running from the 26th. 9th; that is in
the one book that find.
g. Well, are those packages YOU sent
them, running from the 26th, 9th and
2Sth--what were in those packages, if
you know?
A. Why, all of the registration that
had been printed up to that time.
Q. Precisely; including both the
main and supplemental list?
A. Yes, sir--no, no; not tbe-could
not contain the list which was certified
to on the 2Sth.
Q. The one that was certified to.
then, on the goth?
A. Yes. sir; contained those that
were certified to on the Goth. The first
includes all up to and including the sec
ond.
| =. That is certified to by you?
A. That is certified to ON the 2Oth.
g.. All right. That is the main one?
A. Yes, sir. The second, up to and
including October 9th, was certified to
on the 30th day of October. Then there
is supplemental list on the Both of
October; there was list of few names
that was certified by, l think, Mr..
Brewer of Vernon, that I got out a
supplemental list for.
". NOW, you have got the dates of
those; want to ask you, was the list
that was certified to by you on the Goth
OF october and the one certified by you
on the Both of October sent out together
to the other precincts excepting Santa
Ana?
A. They could not have been, be.
cause they could not have been printed
on the 9th, because there were about
450-there were about 450 names turned
in on the 9th.
@. Well, when were they sent out to
the different precincts?
A. They must have been sent out
later than that.
| Q. Well, when?
A. Probably as late as the 3Oth.
Q. The 30th. Well, then, the nlmes
that had been sent in, for instance, by
Mr.. McNish?
A. Yes. sir.
Q. He having received that supple.
mental list on the 30th, as you say, if he
did receive it-on the Both you sent it
out-then it was impossible for him to
re.register them.
! A. think those names of Mr.. Nc.
Nish were handed in on the 9th.
q. Yes, sir, the night of the 9th?
A. Yes, sir.
Q Then when did you determine to |
refuse them?
A. Tn l think about the middle of |
the 2Sth.
| @. Middle of the 2Stby
A. Or the 29:h; am not positive as
to that date. Mr.. White, and 1 think |
Mr.. Del Vale and some other gentle
man, do not recohect who it was, came |
in and this question arose as to whether |
those names would 60 on the Great Reg.
lister; and Mr.. White cited to me GER
tain sections of the Code, and claimed
that they ought to 90 upon the Great
Register, and l, having confidence in
MIR. Whites judgement in the matter,
told him that they would go upon it.
and certainly intended to place them
upon the Register
@. What date was that, sir, you gave |
him that assurance?
A. think that was about the 9th. |
Q. Are you sure it was not the 26th |
A. Well, it m ght have been.
Q. 26th or 9th. You also assured |
Mr.. Del Vale, did you not?
"A. Mr.. Del Vale was present.
@. Mr.. Bilderrain?
A. don't know whether Mr.. Bilder-
rain was there or not. Now then, l |
went to Mr.. Bilderrain's office; he had |
first sent over certain lists without the |
af6davits.
O. Excuse me, sir, what date was tha t? |
Please fix the date.
A. think it was the 9th.
@. 9th of October?
A. Yes, sir; and l told him that l |
could not receive them unless the aft.
that his attorney had instructed him to
not send the affidavits. At 5 o'clock l
went to his Office and told him that
Q. The same day?
A. Yes sir, and told him that I posi-.
lively refused to place the names upon
the Register unless the affidavits accom-
panied them. And then he reiterated
what his attorneys had advised him, and
cited the sections of the Code requiring
that the affidavits should be sent in, and
told him that l would be at my of.
flee in the evening. Aid there
were several gentlemen in the
Office at the time that I was there
Mr.. Bilderrain's office, now. And
he said that he would see his attorneys.
And then, after o'clock, l came over to
the Clerks office, and Mr.. Blennerhas.
set came in with the sheets without the
affidavits, and told him that would
not take them unless the affidavits were
there, and he got somewhat excited
about it, and told him it was useless to
create any disturbance or get excited
over the matter, and he finally cooled
down and went off and brought in the
affidavits later in the evening.
@. The night of the 9th?
A. The night of the 9th. And on
the morning of the 2Sth l had Mr..
Ward, and think Mr.. Whitney, 90 |
through the lists and we found that |
there were number where the appoint.
ments of the parties who had taken
these affidavits had not been filed, and
on several there were evidences of the |
whole matter having been taken in one
hand, and in others dates had been
changed, and then consulted the Dis.
trict Attorney, and he said clearly it was
not right to register these parties, and
acting upon his judgment in the matter
l refused to enter them.
@. The District Attorney was also
Republican?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Candidate for reelection?
A. Yes, sir; and acting upon the ad.
vice of the District Attorney withheld
| tho names